AURANGABAD: A gram panchayat member from Daulatabad was found hanging at a woman’s house in Mujeeb Colony on Thursday night. The incident sparked tension after his relatives and supporters raised doubts about the way the body was found. They refused to accept that he may have ended his own life.
The 38-year-old deceased has been identified as Sunil Khajindar. He was also the Shiv Sena deputy taluka chief. Khajindar was to get married in April. There have been allegations that the woman (in whose house his body was found) was threatening to go public with their illicit relationship.
The house was said to be locked from the outside, when Khajindar reportedly hung himself using a metal chain. However, his body was found with the knees still touching the wooden cot — raising questions over the suicide theory.
On Friday morning, his family members and hundreds of supporters took his body to the police station demanding action against the woman. After failing to get a satisfactory response, a group of angry supporters, led by former MP Chandrakant Khaire, blocked the Daulatabad road for about five hours. Senior police officers went to the spot to diffuse the situation.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone-I) Nikesh Khatmode-Patil finally convinced the supporters to take the body and perform the last rites .
The police have registering a case of abetment of suicide against the woman and have arrested her.